San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili is out with a strained right hamstring. / Darren Abate AP

by USA TODAY Sports, USA TODAY

by USA TODAY Sports, USA TODAY

If San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili is a quick healer, he will be ready for the playoffs the weekend of April 20.

If Ginobili heals slowly from a strained right hamstring, he will miss the first round of the playoffs.

Either way, he will miss the rest of the regular season. The Spurs announced on Monday Ginobili will 3-4 weeks with the injury which he sustained in Friday's 104-102 victory against the Los Angeles Clippers.

The team also announced that Tim Duncan (sore left knee) and Kawhi Leonard (sore left knee) are both out for Monday's game at Memphis.

Ginobili, who also missed the Spurs' 88-86 loss to the Miami Heat on Sunday, is a mainstay in the Spurs' rotation and will be a factor in determining how far the Spurs go in the playoffs.

In 59 games off the bench this season, Ginobili averages 11.9 points, 4.6 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.4 steals.

The Spurs have not reached the Finals since 2007, the season they last won a title, and have looked like the team in the West all season to reach the Finals. San Antonio has the Western Conference's best record at 55-18, 1½ games ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Spurs are in the middle of a difficult portion of their schedule. Their past six games have been against teams currently in position to make the playoffs.

Four of their next five games are also against playoff teams, starting tonight at Memphis in a game in which Spurs forward Tim Duncan (sore left knee) and forward-guard Kawhi Leonard (sore left knee) will not play. San Antonio plays the Thunder Thursday in a game that will have seeding implications.